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There was a time when the world acted on books now books act on the world.

Joseph Joubert

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Joseph Joubert
Age: 69 †
Born: 1754
Born: May 7
Died: 1824
Died: May 4
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When you give, give with joy and smiling.
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He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet. [Fr., Celui qui a de l'imagination sans erudition a des ailes, et n'a pas de pieds.]
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Eyes raised toward heaven are always beautiful, whatever they be.
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We do not do well except when we know where the best is and when we are assured that we have touched it and hold its power within us.
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A false mind is false in everything, just as a cross eye always looks askant. But one may err once, nay, a hundred times, without being double-minded. There can never be mental duplicity where there is sincerity.
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Truth consists of having the same idea about something that God has.
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